2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/25/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON FISH MIGRATION IN THE AMAZON BASIN | Virtual Platform
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON FISH MIGRATION IN THE AMAZON BASIN
Fish migration has captured the interest of scientists and human communities around the world for millennia. To date, scientific research has documented little about migratory patterns of inland fishes, especially potamodromous species that migrate entirely within freshwaters. The Amazon Basin is known for its rich biological and cultural diversity - it holds one fifth of the world’s freshwater fishes, and is home to over 400 diverse Indigenous groups, many of which have very rich knowledge and connection to migratory fishes. Here, we highlight explanations for fish migration from Amazonian peoples by drawing upon existing ethnography, anthropology, and grey literature. We review the ways that four different indigenous groups understand fish migration: the Enawene-Nawe people of Brazil, the Tacana people of Bolivia, the Uitoto people of Colombia, and the Kukama people of Peru and Colombia. Some narratives, such as that of the Enawene-Nawe, are characterized by animism and explicit references to fish migration, such as information on species, direction of movements, motivations, and ecological clues. The results of our study reveal the richness of cultural perspectives towards migration and the diverse ways that people relate to rivers across the Amazon.
- Tropical streams and lakes
- Movement
- Conservation
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LuLu Lacy
(), Florida International University, lululacy@gmail.com;
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Thiago B.A. Couto
(), Florida International University, tbelisar@fiu.edu;
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